diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 812d86f9145848c2080aa17aca2aa088c09ecae4..4afac6eac9b100a736da281f835492597398f7fb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ include:
       os: 'netbsd'
       platform: 'amd64'
       tagname: 'NetBSD'
+      build_flags: 'RELEASE=1 USE_SYSTEM_CURSES=1'
   - local: '.gitlab-ci-unix.yml'
     inputs:
       os: 'freebsd'